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Courtesy of Tom the Dancing Bug. The cartoon is satirical, but the policies it mocks are sadly real.

Everyday Apocalypse by David Dark

I am so bored right now. I have absolutely nothing to do. I mean nothing to do with people. If someone were to walk in my room right now with something to do, then I would do it. I think I would just about do anything right now with anyone for any reason what so ever. Maybe that is my problem is that I am sitting around waiting for stuff to happen instead of making stuff happen. I just can't seem to make stuff happen on my own. Oh well. It really stinks.

So, if anyone is doing anything tonight, leave your name and phone number, and I will call you, more than likely.

Oh well, I don't feel, very well today, and I know why. No caffine, perhaps I should cut back. Then again, who knows.

Eric Deis - Beauty and Chaos Through Time and Space, which is a fancy name for a bunch of people drawing at the same time. Quite cool, though.

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Ready.gov is a little Department of Homeland Security website that they whipped up to both prepare you for surviving an attack and scare the crap out of you. But they uses pictures throughout the page that can be much more fun if you add some captions.

After exposure to radiation it is important to consider that you may have mutated to gigantic dimensions: watch your head.

I went to the Wednesday noon performance today. The piece was a sextet for piano, flute, oboe, clairnet, bassoon, and horn. It was by Fancis Poulenc, of whom I had never heard before today. I actually enjoyed it. For something written in a more fragmented style, Poulenc's piece maintained a sense of melodic tone and the piece moved logically, though playfully, through its story. Very nice. I might have to check him out further in the future.

Kevin Smith's review of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith is up at Ain't it Cool dot com. I only read the first few sentences because it contains spoilers, but apparently he really loves it. He says

- "Revenge of the Sith" is, quite simply, f---ing awesome. This is the "Star Wars" prequel the haters have been bitching for since "Menace" came out, and if they don't cop to that when they finally see it, they're lying.

I would like to remind Brendoman that he sat in a chair in my living room last summer and vowed that he would not pay money to see this movie. So I guess he's either breaking his vow, or sneaking into a theater.

Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the usually conservative editor-in-chief of US News and World Report, had an editorial this week about the estate tax. In the 2000 campaign Bush talked a lot about getting rid of this "death tax" which he claimed would put family farms and small businesses under. The funny thing is, that's not how it works. The first S1.5 million of an estate is exempted, and there are no examples of what Bush described ever happening. Bush and the Republican Congress began reducing the estate tax in the 2001 budget, and the House has a motion to repeal the tax altogether. This will cost close to a trillion dollars over ten years. Democrats have proposed a compromise that raises the exemption amount to $3.5 M per person. That sound more reasonable that repealing the tax. The article has more numbers and some good background on the issue.

As a pleasant surprise, I found out Bauhaus are playing at the Glass House tomorrow. Cheap tickets, small venue, big band with big performance. Awesome.

Lately I've actually been checking out a lot more music. Giving bands a try since I always hear so much about them. Anyway. Not that all of these reviews are for NEW CDs, but at least they're relatively newER (within past couple of years):

Beck's "Guero"
One of my more pleasant purchases, Beck is just.. fun. I've had a good time driving to this one.

Moby's "Hotel"
I think I almost always like Moby albums. This one has a nice little cover of New Order's Temptation.

Muse's "Absolution"
Neither to be critically acclaimed nor coimpletely despised. A few of the songs are really good. Some are okay. I doubt I'll become a huge fan.

The Shins' "Oh, Inverted World"
Only one other song is like the one on the Garden State soundtrack, which is why I bought it. I'm still deciding what I think, but it's not a life-changer.

Snow Patrol's "Final Straw"
I'm not sure if I even finished the album. Not my thing, and I'm not sure what the hubub is about.

U2's "How to Dismantle..."
Meh. Maybe I should give it another try, but so far I'm not very impressed.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1587389,00.html

I can see it now...

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2005-04-27

Master Yoda's Blog: Use the force on you do not make me

Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Windu's Stubble
Bald I know I am. Need to be reminded contstantly I do not. Tried Rogaine I have. Too smelly it was. Tried those little pills I have. Like those "low-risk" side effects I did not!

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It took me three tries, but I got a story onto the digg.com front page. I guess it's ironic that it would be a story about Linux when I'm about to switch to a Mac. But I don't think I'm really giving up on Linux. I'm still going to use it for my server, I'm still going to use the Linux-like stuff about the Mac OS, and I'll continue to test Linux distros. But some of the little annoyances about Linux are starting to wear on me. I think Ubuntu has just about reached the point that a basic user can install it and be good to go. But I'm not a basic user. I want to edit video, attach my digital camera, etc, and the Mac will make that easier.